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[same_sky]

M came in this morning to suggest that I go in to work a few hours late because I'd been tossing and turning all night long. I dragged myself out of bed anyway and headed to work. I looked in the mirror and complained about how I looked like crap, but the boyo assured me that I looked perfectly fine, perhaps a little tired. And then I met my former boss/current boss-on-paper (it's complicated) as I was walking inside, and he looks over and laughs at me. "You look miserable!" he said. Oh, well. It was sweet of M to try lying to me. We're going to change our bed around a bit tonight and hope that I can get a little more sleep. For one thing, we're bringing the fan upstairs, since I am too hot, and taking some covers off the bed. That makes me sad because I love curling up under the covers. It probably makes M happy because he has just tolerated my heavy bedding needs previously.

I received the rest of my diapers today and I have my prefolds in the washer. They need washed/dried a bunch of times before they're absorbent (a quality I very much want in a diaper!) so I guess that will be a week-long project. I intended to boil them (to decrease the number of washings) but I lost my patience. I somehow managed to put every single fun diaper in the shipment that I received last, so I was pretty excited to open up the bag. You know how cute they are? They are so cute that I hold them up and M goes "AWWW!" You know it's extreme cuteness when a man squeals in delight at a diaper.

My ankles have been swollen for a week or two now, and I can't stop looking at them in morbid fascination. I have never, ever had fat legs. I actually have shapely calves that do not exactly fit the rest of my body. I would say that it is too bad M is not a leg man except that the asset he is most interested in is supplied in even more abundance. I don't know if I can blame this on pregnancy but I had a loosening of the tongue this weekend and made several very inappropriate comments to my mom and my cousin regarding quite racy topics. That wouldn't have been too surprising had M not been sitting right there blushing like a little girl. Must work on restraint on these matters.

I'd like to talk about non-pregnancy items, too, but it's pretty hard to think of much else than the fact that I am incubating a small person at this stage, since she seems to enjoy reminding me at every opportunity. Maybe someday soon I will think of something unrelated to gestation. Or not. In any case, one of my parents is on the phone now talking to M (I'm guessing Dad) and I will need to answer the phone here in a minute, and then I'm off to bed, so I have to wrap this up faster than I planned. Toodles.

Comments

[courtesy.livejournal.com]

Don't tell me, let me guess..... M is a tit man! :)

(At least you can always take comfort in the fact that there's someone more inappropriate than you out there - me)

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

That's why I like you so much, your inappropriate streak. We have so much in common! ;) And certainly, that is a very accurate guess. ;)

[sunflower-pixie.livejournal.com]

i hope you get some sleep tonight - i tossed and turned all night, too. silly heat wave in the middle of march. feels more like june or july.

:) (& i don't think that you can talk about ducky enough. really, this is a big, big thing that is happening/will happen and just think - one day you can show her what you wrote while pregnant with her!)

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I did sleep MUCH better last night. We've had the a/c on for days now, and we set it quite low at night, though it just wasn't enough for me, apparently. Isn't the weather lovely? Soo much better than snow and wind and rain, although they do keep promising rain that never materializes.

[carrieb.livejournal.com]

I hope you can get some sleep. Stupid pregnancy seems to make people unable to sleep the last several weeks. That's when you need sleep! SIlly body.

I find my body so weird, because I too have shapely calves. Not an ounce of fat on them. Then I get to my knees and they bulge with fat. Same with my forearms. It's like my calves and forearms are perfect then the rest of me shows up and ruins everything.

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I slept much better last night, thank goodness. I feel well-rested and basically human today! It's lovely!

I guess you can't have everything. I console myself with the knowledge that at least I look good in shorts! Just don't let your eyes wander too far up that expanse of pale flesh..

It's been months and your icon still makes me laugh. He looks so good-natured and happy, but at the same time confused. "Mommy, I love you and I trust you but are you SURE you dressed me right today?" I am totally having this kid just for an excuse to dress her up in something weird. I'm pretty sure she won't make it past Halloween without being in a duck suit.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm very curious about the cloth diapers. I need to poke around and see what you've had to say about them as we're considering it as well.

Sleep is elusive no? With my hips and pelvis being such pains, I have taken to sleeping on an airbed. It's made such a difference it's unbelievable. The husband doesn't like it, but hey, right now, sleep is precious.

I keep wondering when I'll get cankles. I figure it can't be far off now, right?

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Sleep is a luxury these days. I did make some changes last night, and got the best night's sleep I've had in weeks. I remember that you said you were on an airbed now, and I've wondered if I should get one too. Our bed is not helping the situation! Hopefully last night was not a fluke. :)

The cloth diapers.. I am pretty excited about them, especially now that I've got them at home and can touch them and see how cute they are. The researching and trying to decide whether or not to go that route sucks, though. Good luck! I'm just trying to remember that it won't be the end of the world if we don't stay with it.

Maybe you'll be one of the lucky few who doesn't start swelling! My ankles are the only things that are swollen, and they're not too bad. Mainly, my socks make them itch. :)